Kinetin

DB11336ApprovedSmall molecule

Kinetin is a cytokinin which are plant hormones promotes cell division and plant growth. It was shown to naturally exist in DNA of organisms including humans and various plants. While... While kinetin is used in tissue cultures to produce new plants, it is also found in cosmetic products as an anti-aging agents.

Mechanism: Pharmacologically active on Serine/threonine-protein kinase PINK1, mitochondrial
Curator reviewed
Formula / weight: C₁₀H₉N₅O · 215.2114 g/mol (avg)

Resolves to

Compound

UNIIP39Y9652YJCAS525-79-1ChEMBLCHEMBL228792ChEBI27407PubChem3830KEGGC08272

Clinical / RWD

RxNorm16054

Structure

InChIKeyQANMHLXAZMSUEX-UHFFFAOYSA-NSMILESC(NC1=NC=NC2=C1NC=N2)C1=CC=CO1

Targets

Q9BXM7PINK1

What you can answer from here — as of July 07, 2026

1Protein targetEach mapped to UniProt, with action and pharmacological action

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Which drugs share a target with Kinetin, and which of those have an active Phase 3 trial?

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